Triple
Crisis Blog to Bring Global Perspectives to Policy Debate
On February 1, new voices joined the policy debate on the global crises
in finance, development, and the environment. The ''TripleCrisisBlog,''
with an initial roster of economic analysts from nine countries, was launched
by the Global
Development and Environment Institute
(GDAE) at Tufts University (USA), India's Economic
Research Foundation (ERF),
and the Heinrich
Boell Foundation-U.S. The initiative is chaired by GDAE's
Kevin P. Gallagher and ERF's Jayati Ghosh.
''Crises are not new to the world economy, nor to developing countries,''
Gallagher and Ghosh write in their introductory post. ''Indeed, our current
predicament is a convergence of at least three crises: in global finance,
development, and environment. These areas are seemingly disparate but
actually interact with each other in forceful ways to reflect major structural
imbalances between finance and the real economy; between the higher income
and developing economies; between the human economic system and the earth's
ecosystems. This blog seeks to contribute to a more open and global dialogue
around these three crises: about how they interact, and how they can collectively
be solved.''
The TripleCrisisBlog starts with an unprecedented diversity of analysts
from the global North and South. In addition to Gallagher and Ghosh, the
roster includes: Jeff Madrick, Sanjay Reddy, Mehdi Shefaeddin, Charles
Abugre, Martin Khor, Alejandro Nadal, Matias Vernengo, Adil Najam, CP
Chandrasekhar, Jim Boyce, Ilene Graebel, Gerhard Schick, Timothy A. Wise,
Lyuba Zarsky, and Frank Ackerman. Ghosh and Gallagher will co-chair the
project, with Wise serving as "managing editor."
''While there are a number of commendable blogs on various aspects of
these three crises,'' note Gallagher and Ghosh, ''this blog will examine
all three crises and from a global perspective not often found in mainstream
media outlets.''
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